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*BrainMaps.org* is an interactive multiresolution *next-generation brain atlas* that is based on over *20 million megapixels* of sub-micron resolution, annotated, scanned images of serial sections of both primate and non-primate brains and that is integrated with a high-speed database for querying and retrieving data about brain structure and function over the internet. Currently featured are complete brain atlas data sets for *various species*, including *Macaca mulatta*,*Chlorocebus aethiops*, *Felis catus*, *Mus musculus*, *Rattus norvegicus*, *Tyto alba*, and many other vertebra...mais »

You Don’t Just Smell Through Your Nose By Debra Kelly on Wednesday, January 7, 2015 [image: 87809857] “And ever since then, when the clock strikes two, / She walks unbidden from room to room, / And the air is filled that she passes through / With a subtle, sad perfume.” —Bret Harte, “Newport Legend” In A Nutshell

“If you hear an expert talking about the Internet and saying it [does] this, or it will do that, you should treat it with the same skepticism that you might treat the comments of an economist about the economy or a weatherman about the weather." *Danny Hillis* Danny Hillis: The Internet could crash. We need a Plan B

Self-Refinement Through the Wisdom of the Ages: 15 Resolutions for 2015 from Some of Humanity’s Greatest Minds*by Maria Popova* *Enduring ideas for personal refinement from Seneca, Thoreau, Virginia Woolf, Carl Sagan, Alan Watts, Emerson, Bruce Lee, Maya Angelou, and more.* At the outset of each new year, humanity sets out to better itself as we resolve to eradicate our unhealthy habits and cultivate healthy ones. But while the most typical New Year’s resolutions tend to be about bodily health, the most meaningful ones aim at a deeper kind of health through the refinement of our menta...mais »

‘Imaginary meal’ tricks the body into losing weightJanuary 5, 2015 Ronald Evans, director of Salk’s Gene Expression Laboratory, has developed a compound called fexaramine that acts like an imaginary meal: It tricks the body into reacting as if it has consumed calories, and could lead to an effective obesity and diabetes treatment in humans (credit: Courtesy of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies) Salk researchers have developed an entirely new type of pill that tricks the body into thinking it has consumed calories, causing it to burn fat. The compound effectively stopped weight ...mais »

Neuroscientists find neuron-network area that filters visual information and ignores distractions Research has implications for people who suffer from diseases such as autism, ADHD, and schizophrenia and for better brain-mind interface devices January 8, 2015 Anatomical location of multielectrode-array implant (red square) in the macaque lateral prefrontal cortex area (8A), where simultaneously an active neuron network filters visual information and allocates attention (credit: Tremblay et al./Neuron) McGill University researchers have identified a network of neurons in the lateral p...mais »

Finally, an antibiotic that kills pathogens like MRSA without resistanceJanuary 9, 2015 The iChip houses growing microorganisms, using semi-permeable membranes (shown as circles) on each side of the plate. After adding agar nutrient, it is placed in the soil from which the sample originated. (Credit: Losee L. Ling et al./Nature) North­eastern University researchers have dis­cov­ered an antibi­otic called “teixobactin” that elim­i­nates pathogens without encoun­tering any detectable resistance — a finding that chal­lenges long-held sci­en­tific beliefs and holds great promise for trea...mais »

Using flashes from faster-than-light spots to view objects in the universeJanuary 9, 2015 *[+]* Hubble’s variable nebula (credit: William Sparks, STScI; Sylvia Baggett, STScI) et al.; and the Hubble Heritage Team, AURA/ STScI/ NASA) If you sweep a laser pointer across the Moon fast enough, you can create spots that actually move faster than light At a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Seattle Thursday Jan. 8, Robert Nemiroff, a physics professor at Michigan Technological University, reported that this theoretical curiosity may turn out to be practically useful out in the...mais »

Visualizar o vídeo Carmen at Masada do YouTube Recomendado pelo AMICOR Jorge Rocha Gomes 16:21 (Há 10 minutos) Casamento perfeito entre fotos, musica e historia!!! Abrs Jorge Thought you might be interested in what Carmen was doing in Israel in the Masada. In the heart of the Judean Desert , at the foot of Masada , one of the most familiar and beloved operas of all times is coming to life - Carmen, by French composer Georges Bizet. Breathtaking, enchanting views of the Judean Desert overlooking the Dead Sea and the clear starry sky serve as the backdrop to the fiery Carmen's so...mais »

The OfficialSlideShareBLOG 5 Presentation Predictions for 2015 By Scott Schwertly on December 22, 2014 330 inShare [image: cover-blog]Around this same time last year, I shared my 5 Presentation Predictions for 2014. Looking back on those predictions, it’s amazing to see how those practices are now almost a commonality or daily practice within the presentation space. With 2015 fast approaching, I’m going to use my futuristic lens on once again, and offer my 5 presentation predictions for this upcoming year. Here we go:/.../

My goal in this blog is to promote a Triangular Approach to the Health and Wellbeing of Earth Citizens. This Triangular Approach consists of : 1) Quaternary Prevention (Preventing Unnecessary Interventions in Clinical Medicine and Public Health ), 2) Social Prevention of Diseases and Social Treatment of the Patients, 3) Preconception Prevention of Diseases by Preconception Planning. Wednesday, January 7, 2015 An interview five years after "The Spirit Level": British epidemiologists Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett have changed how the world thinks about economic inequality — and th...mais »

Having trouble viewing this message? You may view it as a web page. You may also view e-news archives. To prevent mailbox filters from deleting your Alzheimer's Association email communications, please add alzheimers_enews@alz.org to your address book. January 7, 2015 Forward this email >> 24/7 Helpline: 1.800.272.3900 Honor Association founder Jerome Stone with a tribute message Jerome H. Stone, businessman, philanthropist, founding president and honorary chair of the Alzheimer's Association, died on Jan. 1 at 101 years of age. The Association mourns the loss of Mr. Stone, who so deepl...mais »